Learn English through Short Stories - Talking about Stereotypes

Learn English through Short Stories - Talking about Stereotypes – Animated story | Authentic voices Use this short story to improve your listening and reading (with subtitles) comprehension. Phrases explained. Perfect for Exam preparation – IELTS | ESL | FCE | CAE Here is the full transcript of my video: Hi, my name’s Ed. Welcome to Ed explains English, life in the UK The rain in Spain, stays mainly on the plain. The rain in Spain, stays mainly on the plain. Are we talking about weather Ed? I think we have done a video about that already. No, I was practising my elocution. I want to sound posh Judy. Why would you want to sound posh? Because two exchange students from Germany will stay with us next week, and I don’t want them to be disappointed. Why would they be disappointed? Well for one, I don’t sound like Prince Charles, secondly, we don’t live in a castle and thirdly, I’ve never met the Queen. Have you been sitting out in the sun? These are just stereotypes people from other countries have about us. Most of them are silly, but I suppose some could be true. Which ones do you think are true, Judy? Well, we drink a lot of tea and like to go to pubs. We love nearly all sports, especially football. I also think we are very polite, don’t you? Yes, I agree. We like to queue too. They say the last four letters in ‘queue’ are not silent, they are just waiting their turn. Ha ha! Umm. Are we also well known for telling unfunny jokes? No, on the contrary...